Numbers 35:7

All the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall be forty-eight cities,—them, and their pasture lands,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs.

In Context

6And, among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall be the six cities of refuge, which ye shall give that the manslayer may flee thither,—and besides them, ye shall give, forty-two cities,

8And as touching the cities which ye shall give out of the possession of the sons of Israel from the many, shall ye take many, and from the few, shall ye take few,—each, according to his inheritance, which they shall inherit, shall give of his cities unto the Levites.

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Cross References

Joshua 21:3So the sons of Israel gave unto the Levites, out of their own inheritance, at the bidding of Yahweh,—these cities, with their pasture-lands.

1 Chronicles 6:54And, these, are their dwelling-places, according to their encampments, in their boundary,—pertaining to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, for, theirs, was the lot:

Matthew Henry on Numbers 35:2-9

The Cities of the Levites. ( b. c. 1452.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, 2 Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them. 3 And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts. 4 And the suburbs of the cities, which ye… Read the whole commentary →

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